Kennebunk Beach Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let's be straight up about it – the next two weeks are looking like a real quiet stretch for Kennebunk Beach. We've got a long stretch of nothing much to shout about, so if you're jonesing for a wave, you might want to look at other plans for a while.

The whole window is pretty flat. From today, Sunday the 12th, right through to Monday the 20th, we're looking at tiny, weak swell with mostly cross-onshore winds messing things up. The water temperature is sitting at 66°, which feels a touch warmer than usual for this time of year, but that's about the only bit of good news. There's just no energy in the water; the combined swell energy barely hits 21 on Sunday afternoon, and it's mostly a choppy, bumpy mess. Monday the 13th afternoon sees a bump in height to 6ft, but the period is a dismal 5 seconds and the wind is a fresh cross-onshore, making it lumpy and horrible. On Tuesday the 15th, we get a sniff of offshore wind from the WSW, but the swell is tiny at 3ft and short-period, so not worth the paddle.

There's a real dry spell here. Everything is scoring a zero for surf conditions. Honestly, it’s not looking like it’s worth wetting a wetsuit.

Then, out of nowhere, on Tuesday the 21st of July in the afternoon, we get a bit of a tease. The swell jumps to 10ft from the SSE with a period of 7 seconds, and the combined energy is a solid 778. The wind is light and cross-offshore, which makes for clean conditions. The file says "expect good surf conditions," but a 7-second period on 10ft is going to be a powerful, crumbly mess at a beach break. That size is for experts only, and the short period means it won't be the nice, peeling wave you'd hope for. It’s more of a big, lumpy closeout situation – maybe one for the bodyboarders or the brave.

Wednesday the 22nd still has some size, but the wind turns cross-onshore again, making it ordinary again.

After that, it fades back to tiny, weak, and messy for the rest of the period. From the 23rd right through to the 27th, we're back to knee-high slop with onshore winds.

So, the bottom line: if you're a kite surfer, that Tuesday the 21st might look fun with that big, clean swell. But for a regular surfer with a paddle board, this forecast is a dud. The one standout is that Tuesday afternoon, but even then, it's a big, short-period expert-only wave. Everything else is a solid miss. Keep an eye on it, but don't hold your breath.

Rusty.

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